Tens of thousands of people in Shanghai turned out to observe me total eclipse of the sun on Sept. 21, at noon, and those in the downtown and eastern districts had: a good, though Phenomenon.
Many observers in the Western District were disappot somewhat intermittent view of the clouds, which did not clear until after the total eclipse ha passed, The declining stages of the eclipse could be clearly seen, however. path the shadow travelled approximarely 2100 miles and passed directly Local Chemical Works over north Pukien.
The sclentife importance attached to the occasion was evidenced by the fact that universities throughout China and all government-operated observatories made advance arrange ments to study: the phenomenon.
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